Saturday, 21 February 2015

How good are Stampin' Up! punches?

Evening all, we have a had a lovely fun day down in Brighton today. Craig's hobby is model trains and so we went down to see a model exhibition and of course little monkey loved it! His favourite part was this large exhibition with big lorries and working diggers, he could have spent all day watching the diggers load dirt into the lorries and the lorries carry the dirt to another section. This at least meant that while I kept my eye on him hubby could get a proper look at some of the other exhibitors. It does mean however that after the exhibition and walking all through the Lanes (I had to drop into Choccywoccydoodah) we are all exhausted and ready for our beds. Which is why tonight I am going to be leaving you with another short video rather than a project I've done.

This video is a comparison of a Stampin' Up! punch and an XCut punch. Hopefully once you've watched this you'll see that Stampin' Up! products really are quality products and that I'm not just saying it! As always please feel free to contact me with any questions or orders using the contact details at the top of this page or leave a little comment after the post.



Well that's it for today, I'm off to crash in front of the TV for the evening. Thank you for stopping in to read my blog. I will hopefully be back on Monday with a card to show you.

Thursday, 19 February 2015

Bow Builder Punch Tutorial

Morning everyone, this is a video and photo heavy post so if you are viewing this in an email you will need to open up the post in a webpage to view the video. As promised last week I have created a little tutorial on how to make a bow using the new Bow Builder Punch. I decided to have a go at making a video tutorial rather than photo as it's easier to show how to make something via video than photos. Please don't laugh at the rough quality of the video this is one of my first attempts and I feel quite nervous about showing you all. Luckily I can sit and cringe from my craft room and I won't be able to see your faces as you watch!


Hopefully it was helpful and not just cringe worthy! Below is a better quality photo of the card I created using the Bow Builder Punch.


The Sweet Taffy DSP is so bright and colourful and makes some really cute bows. Here I created three bows from the different sheets of the Sweet Taffy DSP and then stuck them to a piece of Whisper White card stock. The sentiment is stamped in Pumpkin Pie using the Balloon Bash stamp set from the Spring/Summer Catalogue.

That's it for today, thank you for stopping in to read my blog. I'll be back on Saturday with another card for you.

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Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Weekly Deals

Morning all! It's Wednesday once again and so it's time for another set of weekly deals. I like the look of the Celebration Basics Kit, with it you can create a lovely banner spelling out Celebrate, great for any party!

That's it for today, thank you for stopping in to read my blog. I'll be back tomorrow with a video tutorial for the Bow Builder Punch.

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Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Little Baby Bumblebee

Afternoon everyone, now I know I said in my post yesterday that I wouldn't be back until Wednesday but I was going through my card making challenge bookmarks on my laptop and came across a sketch challenge that I really wanted to try out and the deadline is tomorrow. I've been following the Clean and Simple colours and sketches blog for a little while now but haven't had a chance to play along before. Below is a copy of this weeks sketch challenge:


I really liked the angles on the sketch and hadn't tried to do a card like this before so just had to have a go. Here's my card inspired by the sketch:


This cute little baby bumblebee is from the Spring/Summer catalogue and when I saw him I wrote maybe across the top of the whole page as I wasn't 100% sure I wanted to get them but I'm really glad I have little will power when it comes to buying new Stampin' Up! items because now that he's coloured in he looks so cute! I used my blendabilities pens to colour him in, which with the exception of the skin colour pack, are available for FREE as part of sale-a-bration when you spend £45! Here is a close up so you can see the shading:


The sentiment and baby are all one stamp but I decided I wanted to separate them and so used one of the wooden elements to set the sentiment apart without it getting lost. The DSP I have used on the triangles really lends itself to new baby cards as it is full of pastel colours in blues and pinks, this could really easily be turned into a baby girl card by changing which sheet of DSP you use.

That's it for today, thank you for stopping in to read my blog. This time I really will be back tomorrow with some more weekly deals!

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Monday, 16 February 2015

Blue Valentine

Evening everyone, it's been a fun and busy day today. I took little Monkey to Queen Elizabeth Country Park today as they had a pirate activity going on. He got to decorate his own sword and eye patch and then go on a treasure hunt. He was most impressed when he realised the gold coin was chocolate! After some digger spotting this afternoon little monkey is well and truly tired out!

Now onto today's card, I couldn't show you this before Valentine's Day as one of my lovely friends asked me to make this for her other half and we didn't want to ruin the surprise. Equally though this could be used as an Anniversary card so I thought I would still share it.


When Donna asked me to make this card she just said she wanted it blue and that it should probably have a heart on. I was stumped for quite a while but once again the internet came to my rescue. I found a blue card with a kingfisher on by Mary Bush (see it here) and as my friend LOVES penguins I thought this was the perfect bird to replace the kingfisher. I made this cute little guy using the Owl punch and just trimmed off his ears. I cut the feet out of Pumpkin Pie and then stuck them underneath the white belly so that he had coloured feet rather than just black.


As I was going with a blue theme I thought the sentiment from the Sheltering Tree set worked perfectly so that everything stayed blue except for the penguins heart which has been warmed to red. I have been told that my friend and her boyfriend loved the card so I'm very happy.

That's it for today, thank you for stopping in to read my blog. I'll be back on Wednesday with another set of weekly deals.

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